2003 p dime wrong planchet or missing layer?

please advice

 

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weigh it, it should be 2.27 grams

 

my scale says 2.2 it doesnt go further so I think that is right

 

Looks like it spent some time in a not so friendly environment. I'd say its either corrosion or toning

 

I also think it is just surface discoloration, but if you look at the reeded edge, do you see a layer ?

 

from the side

hope this helps

 

Kind of resembles an improperly annealed or "sintered" planchet...

But I'm no expert.

-Brian

 

Looks like toneing in a outside environment.

 

I've seen a few coins that look like that and your discolored quarters. That is all natural toning and dirt. Very common in coins found in pocket change.

 

Environmental damage. You find these all the time when metal detecting.

 

Environmental damage. The weight is too high to be a missing layer and way too high to be two missing layers. Plus the strike is way too good to be two missing layers.

 

and are thos cuds or you think is just about to blow up like pennies do?

 

pmd